Do health behaviors mediate the association between social capital and health?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 488-493

  Poortinga, Wouter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Self rated health; Social capital; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIET; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34347238420     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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